CHAPTER XIX 



Advanced Energy Technologies 



During the period from 1975 through 1979, the subcommittees 

 chaired by McCormack and Brown produced the greatest volume of 

 legislation emanating from the Science Committee. In addition to the 

 annual authorization bills, these subcommittees concentrated on a 

 number of innovations in public policy in the fields of energy and the 

 environment. Imaginative leadership and excellent staff support helped 

 shepherd these bills successfully through the legislative process to 

 final enactment. 



From his leadership as chairman of the task force on energy, 

 and the Subcommittee on Energy, from 1971 through 1974, McCormack 

 had a running start in the energy field. When the jurisdiction of the 

 Science Committee was expanded to include energy R. & D. of all 

 types, McCormack advanced a series of strong arguments in favor of a 

 single energy subcommittee which he himself wanted to head up 

 (see chapter XV.) As the result of a vote taken among the senior 

 committee members, the energy jurisdiction was split into two sub- 

 committees. McCormack named his subcommittee in 1975 "Energy 

 Research, Development and Demonstration" and the subcommittee 

 included the following members: 



Democrats Republicans 



Mike McCormack, Washington, Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., California 



Chairman Alphonzo Bell, California 



Ken Hechler, West Virginia John W. Wydler, New York 



Don Fuqua, Florida Larry Winn, Jr., Kansas 



James W. Symington, Missouri Louis Frey, Jr., Florida 



George E. Brown, Jr., California Marvin L. Esch, Michigan 



Ray Thornton, Arkansas John B. Conlan, Arizona 



Richard L. Ottinger, New York 

 Henry A. Waxman, California 

 Philip H. Hayes, Indiana 

 Tom Harkin, Iowa 

 Jerome A. Ambro, Jr., New York 

 Christopher H. Dodd, Connecticut 

 Robert (Bob) Krueger, Texas 

 Marilyn Lloyd, Tennessee 

 James J. Blanchard, Michigan 

 Timothy E. Wirth, Colorado 



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